Sony DRU-510 DVD-R burning problems

[ed_in_nj]

Looking for help on the following:

I have a Sony DRU-510 (1.0c) and am having trouble creating DVD-R discs. The machine is a Dell 2.2GHz Win_XP Pro 256MB, 120MB HDD and should have plenty of horsepower to handle what I'm trying.

Formatting, and writing to DVD+RW is no problem, but when trying to convert old analog tapes to DVD-R I get system crashes. I'm using Sonic MyDVD (ver 4) software bundled with the Sony drive, the process seems to work fine as far as reading in the analog source and saving a temp file to the HDD, but when beginning to write to the DVD-R I get a blue screen with a message that there is a problem with dvd_2k.SYS. The system hangs and only a hard restart will bring it back. I don't know if it is a H/W or a S/W issue. Any help would be appreciated.

[Hardcoreruss]

What software are you using for burning ?

[ed_in_nj]

"Sonic MyDVD" (ver 4) supposedly takes care of the burn process. I'm considering creating the DVD image to HD in that software and then using something else (maybe a program like Nero?) for the burn operation.

[DatMuthapucka]

i too have xp pro... which takes up at least 120mb at start up with little apps running ....most burning apps have default buffer of 128mb when burning dvd's. you only have 256 mb ram so if you are running other apps your really asking for it . at least 512 ram is recommended. also i hope you have a good power supply cuz many people overlook that it is the most important part of your computer, keeping your parts in good health and providing enough constant juice, lack of power will cause instabliity problems. 8)

[pharlap]

ITS DIRTY CAPTAIN MAYBE CHECK THE UNITS COOLING AND VOLTAGE SUPPLIES ,USE A 400 W POWER SUPPLY .
I JUST REPARED ONE WHERE THE PROBLEM WAS POWER SUPPLY WHEN IT WENT TO BURN CAUSING HARD DRIVE FAILURES AND VIDEO LOCK UP DUR TO POWER SUPPLY RAIL